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Re: Grep --directories option (POSIX)
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Paul Jarc |
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Re: Grep --directories option (POSIX) |
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Mon, 02 Jun 2003 13:00:19 -0400 |
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Stepan Kasal <kasal@math.cas.cz> wrote:
> The exception are sytems where a file can be ``text file'' and directory
> at once. (I haven't heard about any such system except GNU/Hurd.)
Solaris allows read() on a directory, but you get the raw binary data.
Reading by default here, though possible, is probably not a good idea.
paul